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All day,
everyday,
people try
desperately
to tell us
who they are
and we
ignore them
because
we want them
to be someone
else.

~ mce
Why do so many people listen but not hear?
 Apr 2015 Sally Tsoutas
Samantha
There’s a dominance in his hands.
He has more power in one knuckle than I do in my whole body.
I hang on his bones like stretched out clothing,
He has lost a lot of weight.
I pray at the altar
Laid out at his feet.
I wash away the blood and drink
From the bowl.
He presses his lips to the back of my neck,
Sings me a lullaby.
I don’t understand this power,
This black magic.
My heart is now kindling.
He warms his dominant hands over my smoke.
 Apr 2015 Sally Tsoutas
EdVance
Today i met an angel
Who fell out of the sky
Her wings were badly damaged
Full of teardrops in her eyes

She thought her soul was broken
She thought she was alone
But other fallen angels
Surrounded her with love

As time went by the wings returned
And all the teardrops dried
The beauty and the glow reborn
With magic in her eyes

She rose above the demons
Left them far behind
Renewal of the spirit
On new wings began to fly
 Apr 2015 Sally Tsoutas
izzi3
dreams
 Apr 2015 Sally Tsoutas
izzi3
go confidently in the direction of your wildest dreams,
make rainbows out of the darkness that's engulfing you.
put a hold on the negativity that swamps you, as you teach yourself
again, just how to breathe without stuttering and live without faltering.
right now it might seem like a big stretch, beyond imagination. keep reaching, princess

just don't be afraid of your dreams not quite fulfilling themselves,
there are plenty more adventures hiding just around the corner.
don't let the losers spit their discouraging poisons onto your
beautiful façade, let your happiness dribble onto theirs and spoil it just for them.
show them just how much better you are and continue to be, princess

it could be anyone's guess what happens to you next,
but make it as your own decision. don't let the world envelop you,
suffocate you and try to convince you that it is right. nothing is right
and when you see the stars set, on the horizon you'll be able to see
your dreams that are just about to flood over and become your realities, princess

make it worth it, little one.
you'll always be
my
*princess
dedicated to my dearest Theodora
although I know you'll probably never see this,
you're my princess and I love you infinitely <3
Forgive me, dear mother,
For I am dead.
Inside and out.
I can't feel the pyre,
Or the cold grave.

Forgive me, dear father,
This is the day you dread.
I know this is not how it works
I am tired.
You'll just have to wait.

Forgive me, dear brother,
I know you've left.
You have your own
Disasters to live,
I wont be another day.

Forgive me, dear friend,
It is you I've bothered
Every time I was smothered
By the thoughts in my head.
Freedom is on its way.

Forgive me, dear lover,
For I put the noose
around your neck,
Every time I felt dead.
I have to set you free, let you stay.

Forgive me, dear stranger,
You don't need to read this,
I will be gone,
None of this will matter.
You will see a better day.
Blury you,
in the fog of nowhere.

I keep trying to focus,
but you seem to fade away.

I try to yell but I can't,
I try to run but I can't.

Yet, you seem to fade away,
in the fog of nowhere.
the song and video version of the poem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqJuw6IWcs4
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